Bar Louie also has locations in Nashville, Chattanooga and Murfreesboro, Tenn.

IT'SUGAR is scheduled to open at Bridge Street this fall in a space currently occupied by Soho Nails Salon, which is moving to a new location near Panera Bread. The company has more than 70 retail locations worldwide, including London and Dubai, but this will be the first in Alabama.

According to its website, IT'SUGAR sells super-sized boxes of Nerds, Laffy Taffy, Gobstoppers, SweeTarts, Mike and Ike, Hot Tamales and Pop Rocks, in addition to thousands of other "sugar intensified goodies."

Buckle, which also has a store in Parkway Place mall, is taking over part of the space in Bridge Street previously occupied by the Papaya women's clothing store. Bridge Street spokesman Van Geroux said Buckle should be open in late May or early June.

Meanwhile, crews continue to fill in the manmade lake on the west side of Bridge Street to make way for a $20 million Belk department store, another restaurant and 50,000 square feet of additional retail space. Geroux said the shopping center will announce the name of the restaurant and other new stores as leases are signed.

"The negotiations are ongoing," he said Tuesday.

Construction on the new Belk is expected to start this fall. The project includes a two-story garage that will give Bridge Street 830 extra parking spaces.

"If you're on the top deck, you'll be able to walk right into Belk," said Geroux.

Geroux said Bridge Street's popular carousel will be relocated in the coming weeks to a plaza behind H&M overlooking the east side of the lake. The carousel has been out of commission since December, when strong winds bent part of its steel frame.

"It's being repaired and will then be relocated," said Geroux. "I would say that's probably going to happen in May or June. You'll be able to see the carousel from Research Park Boulevard."